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?? TO THINK OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST VOU.OW, AS Til* NIOWT TUB DAT, THOtf o'AN'aT NOT TIIBN BE PA.LS& tO ANT MAN."
VOI,. 2. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1851. NO 38
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SP >!E 7K V. P!
LONG AGO. ! "
There wn* n trco, nn ugod tree, \
That onco I loved to climb, \G
And throned upon its brunches tnroe, JS(.
To rock them all the time; ' v,
To laugh nnd shout doroid of fearn, >
And swing mo and fro? r.,
Sat ah' 'Uniw iu my ouildish yuan, "*
That passed go long ago! rj\
I've led a merry troop of boys, fe
Through tangled woods ond lnnos? Ot
Too boisterous in our reckless noUo a I
To heed the bramble pains. to
"We never cared for garments torn, C
An hour tho rent would sew; |a
And *vo'd no timo to stay and mourn ol
In childhood long agol ^
i often "iiHjvWere
fairy day*w
That childhood feels cnchnnfcd jtgp
Which manhood csyn^t kpo; ^ ^
For cures Riwl years together come, '
In ona qaUnglod flow,
And ang?l MicuS till hre dumb,
That uOothed us long nfco.
' i' ? ' ' ' 01
- U'-C :1 ^
I WOULD NOT IIAVETHKE YOUNO J'
|K3fB^ AGAIN. It;
I would hot have tfu?e young again,
Sinco I myself am old;
Not that thy youth was ever vnin,
Or that my ago i? cold;
But when upon thy gontlo face s!
I boo the shfftles of tliuo, 11
A thousand memories replace C
Tho beauties of thy priino. il!
c
Though from thine oyoc of softest blue j (
Some light hath passed away,
"\ Love looketh forth as warm ami true
Ae oil our bridal day.
I hoar thy song, and though in part
Tia fainter in its tone,
1 h' od it not, for still tliy lionrt
Seems singing to my own. P'
m ' R
HOL8B1Y I?S THE ^1VY. j
si
BY CHARLES DICKENS. j
In
If there be nny fire, above all fires o!
in which one ought to bo able lo see 01
Elcasant 'figures,1 ii is a Christmas fc
re. So I will plant myself opposite
my log, and look for some pleas- \v
ant images of memory to recall ti
Christmas at sea. \v
"Lash up hammocks!" si
TKe pipe of the boatswain's mate f(i
thrillfl alnilly through the lower decks lo
some winter morning, rtt four o'clock. s\
You he^in U hd gradually aware p<
that you are an officer in her Majes- Li
ty's service once more; that you he- w
long to the 'Btista'rdr nnd that you ic
liave pot the morning vVatnh. Ol a
lha last fyct, tlje Quartermaster <J<
makvs Vou most fnoroncrlilv Hjjiuun. t V
by routing away at the 'netjles' ql 'J."
your Immmock, (very much like a il
boy routing out a blackbird's nest;) fin
and so does the young gentleman in
you are to relieve, who, having call- 11
ed the Lieutenant of the next watch, gl
glides alongside yon, Rnd says, 'Be il
quick up, ^Harley. I m very sleepy.' 1
"is it i :jr ' iu
"Infernally!11 .
You terrfporidi For five ^ninute*. b<
* You think about Lord Nelson. Al in
last you heat- 4 Watch to master!"? ti
You havG to muster that v/atch. Out <1
you jump, fling yourself into blanket n
lro-isf?i K ;uwl a ttortnAfulrtuq rrtnt. mrwt tl,
run up on deoW - u'The watch are e.
ffathn uur aft; the Quartermaster hi
hi . ..! on produce your \Vatch-biH,
and commonce calling o- ai
ver th? . if you arc a man of p
glehagp^r waybill is proba- ft
Anion# main-top mm# you w
*
jme to (lie name 'Tomkms.' lToni-1
ins!1 you cry. No answer. 'Tomins!1
(with indignation.) A voice
iswers, 'Dead.' There is a kind
! solemnity about that, which touch}
you rather poetically. But the
ieutenant of your watch is affected
y it in a more homely way, and inulges
in a growl. However, a
lan's watch-bills, and quarter-bills,
id division lists can't he always
c;ht, I remember that iny friend,
hilders,of the 'Rhinoceros,1 who
\d no division list at all, used to
ing up a cony of Thompson's Seams,
which looked rather like one,
in, oy judiciously asking the men
hat their names wore first, and
len roaring them out, afterwards,
ihhed 011 very well.
You glance round the ship. The
gging is glittering with icicles, and
oks like a tremendous chandelier.
*'e suppose you to he at anchor
iniAivlmi'A. Y 1C U VOfir I
? " ? .V/.J ftV'WV.
aoejfbr a^inter scene?a very lios
table fllMr, and capital quarters
r salmon. Or, what say you to
1 liens? It sounds too warm for a
!!y Christmas' but, in reality, it is
imetimes terribly cold. There is a
ind 'hat comes down from Russia
3 biting as an ukase.
But at present we are in the 'ftusrd.1
She was a lino-of-battle ship,
he 'Bustard was a credit 'otheprossion
(or she could sail riffht olT at
ice, directly after rthft was launched,
id was not repaired ahove Hvice in
in- years! We had a very plensarii
hnstmas in her. at ancher. inVourBay,
near the entrance of the gulf
' Smyrna. We had heen looking
jgr lB riti h'nterests1 in Smyrna
P autumn, and had protected two
3, a masquerade, and several dinars
at l he consul's.
"It s getting neiu^lirist mas,'1 said
its Lienienant ^Tlflie waichtome
"tor he had set the men to work ho!y=*V
oiling. " ,..''5?
"Very true, sir," I said as if he had '
lade a striking observation.
"Are you cold, Mr. Topplcs?"^^*
11 Very, sir/T I answered
. veined feet imsniulftllcd
; (Joraldino s in 'Chvistabel.'They J
IwayiJ made us keep the mominff !
atch barefoot in that precious 'Busird/
"Ah, yo'.iM hotter walk about, then
list lift I hat hammock cioth over
in," said the L'-eutenant, composing
imself in the nettings.
"Thank you."
There was considerable discussion
i the 'Bus aid. how Chris'mas
iou!d be kept thnt year. Should
le ward-room ask tlie gun-"ooin an 1
'aptain to dinner' or the Cap'ain
>k them. The last was impossible
'aptain Barbell expected every man
> do hi* duty?and to ask h?n So
re plucked up courage. We were
n ambitious gun-room mess. One
filial mosa was a fluke s son. It
,,,.1 41 ? i i if i
no IUIIIII1UUH Iiliii WC1 IliKI IVJLHdCirn
hiie l he ward-room drank mere
art. We invited the ward-room
iid Captain Barbfll. With a ennpsrension,
which is the true charm
f greatness, Captain accepted. I
mil never forget my emotions when
saw him enter our mess-room, as if
el ad been a gentleman?(1 mean.
[ course, as if lie had bet n only an
rdinary gentleman,) and ask twice
ir sou pi
ll was a brilliant preparation that
e had made, to receive him. The
ller (whieh traversed the gun-room)
'as wrapped round with flags. The
nndards of every nation hung gracc*
lily blended mound in waves of coir.
Eagles, and trio-headed engles
vung together, as if they had never
ecked at epeh other?never laid
ullets instead of jolly edible eggs?
uver fed on blood, or tcrned intfn in>
sausages! The mess looked like
molindone, i ne untiMi lion lay
awn with every conceivable animal,
rieiut Jonathan s stars helped the
'urkish crescent Vq make a night of
;and the laurel which they all fight
ir (and which grows so impartially
i every country,--wiiy should poor
upline be mane to back the 1'uiiesO
lit tared tranquilly and green among
icm allBui,
before we went to dinner?
ist ns i he ,'Koa.st Beef of OM Kng'tld
Was pfayed, ami Captain Bar- j
Fill marched out of his cabin, look igvery
like the rtvpst beef in qttfefcon,
l aw - we all visited the lower
etck't where the seamen were bug u- .
ing the cvert'ng. Their, on the li!ft
tal>les, suspended by their polishIbars,
stood plum-puddings. Per
time* ti>ii a t A /.K
i?iv?v "v i? wupfn iv/ ctit ii
-looking very like a par of tcnoMia!
nd ce|festi8l globes. WW tnti copm
s ever hold these puddings, I ,
some dry to inquire, wh&n j
ave found 'owi who wi6to 'Junius,'
>ay Ovid was bftpisM from Romo, I
*
and some easier questions. These
coppers had boiled a lake of cocoa
thai morning; had swallowed and
boiled masses of junk; sparkling with
lumps of salt; how they manage to
hold the puddings, and to make them
so good, I don't know, just now*
IV* K t .1' 1 . 1
n<ucii ijuuumg was aecoraieci, perhaps
with a paper ornament, perhaps ,
with a sprig from some bush. Each 1
'great globe itself' vanished that night;
1 could feel no doubt of their destiny 1
when i saw the expression o' the big I
gest fellow in ihe ship?the captain
of (he forecastle?as, like incense be- '
fore the shrine of Neptune, his podding
sent up an awful steam under
his weath-beaten face. We relumed
to the gun-room. Captain Barbell
took the place of honoi. He
?ave a little grim smile as he saw the
autcrac. There was no Sauterne
in his time?when he was a youngs4
A ? J ! 1 . - IM. 11 I
ici. yimi ytu ne "seemed 10 mte 11:
The duke's son asked him to take
wine. There was a sensation. The
Cuntain nodded (Homer sometimes
nods,) and a thrill went through the
mess. Meanwhile the commander
chatted with the senior-mate, my
<? T>: t... r i <
muaaiiiah-, iviveruy, goi common', mi
with the gunnery Leutenant, and
found out tney were related through
thn Selliys of Biocksey; and a few
youngsters made desperate attempts
10 the sobriety of (he boatswain.
The boatswain! He was one of
our guests. He always dines with
the officers (generally with the Captain,)
on Chris'nihs Day. It is the
aloe-blossoming ol his life. It is his
Lord Mayors Day. With a yellow
waistcoat as large as the mi/.zen-top
sai ,?wnn a d uecont quite now nn.l
creasy, that seems tojhatoe been kept
i i a glass case, for shoj*', all the year
?he takes Ins seat. asked to
take wthe. In oklen^Jys he would
have said, 'No^Juffrk ee, sir?1 II
"tnlvp n nntritokJiaJbl^Rir l-i? cnxr'o * \f?/
rtjspeoV a^^Rps oft the glass at a
draught. Brave old boatswain?desoencU^ofthe
sea-kings?if lever
anylhig but respect on et
cen - iiaut. Qeculiaxiiies,..
*^may I r<J?MiityjWB^rajB of sea*^
manship as trn^lufjcfias who look
down or blue, g
Thn rlmnoi* no-wn/l r\CC T
IIV UIIIIIWI |^U %/!! IJII HV" L IJJf'l
a youngster got maudlin, and cried
at the Right of some preserved pears,
which reminded him of home. Several
fellows became sentimental, and
wondered whether their relatives in
England were 'keeping it up,' I al
so grew ten ler as 1 thought about ?
no ma:ier! I imitated Cleopatra, and
di .^pe I a pearl into my wine!
I hen, you know, there was no
mist 'eioe. And if there had been
voucou dn t embrace old Rarhnll nn
ler u! You ron dn l well a.uie.?
We nvght have saluted ihe Admiral,
had he been tlieru?loncleriy, from
lie jaw t.f a n ne-pounder. So we
a:ked about Mnjoflnnd, and ea'-l^po^ulaed
wfflch ol' his pre I ty cousins
was being kissed by an ugiy cousin :
at that moment. 'I lie lime wore on |
?the be'l sti mck?and as you turn- |
en away irom ihe circle oh*? t li ng a bout
home, and ga ed out ofthe ports
?you heard the waters go booming
by, wave alter wave telling its watr.h
man's cry?and far away shone the
black Asiatic coast, will) the light in
a mountaineer s cottage quivering
here and there?and not lighted in
lv>nor of Christ mas day!
At last, Captain Barbell rose, and
bowed, and sailed out in a stalely
manner. We bioke into irrouns.
The fiddle was hoard going on the
lower deck. Singing began oh ihe
forecastle, and we v ere soon inform*
ed how?
" The sea looked black an I dark all roui. 1."
in 1 he commencement of some navil
epic; how?
" Four jolly Bailors, so dtout and no strong,"
accomplished some leaf in remote
times; or of the adventures of a merchant
ship of Liverpool, which thrush
ed a pirate, wilh a jolly ohorupi wishing?
" Succest to the gatlunt Livurpool
With fttt her gallant crewl"
1 have not always had 80 lively a
I . T> "
yfjhmmas i^ay as mat intbe'iius
tan!.' I once ^pi.'M it in agalu.nf
wind in the. brig J>Qarer, whun w?
had nothing in iho mess but some
woodcocks, which wo had i>hot in Ai
Smw*, and which the caterer ?0|tld
not carV$,, having got drunk, before
d'nner began. on ship'* rum. 1 one? ;
fthfnl it in mioAtv in Simiui Cm- I...... I
r-... .. ... |/. wm.m ... IVI uaving
ma le a row, with some other
youngsters, at a bull-light- Another
time* lspent it in a whaler which had
had a had whale season; likewise, in
a galliot, wlioro there wore plenty of
Dutchmen, and v$ry little 'Holland*.'
Bu! 1 have tisu&njrfound th?t one
mrty he very happy on that occasion.
on that meny elerv erit where the i
moonlight sfcems to (all 90 riohly- and ?
which buries you, and thousands of
you, and spares men the sight of
iheir bro^hi r"s groans! Yes, indeed, f
I have found that one may have a \
very pleasant Christmas at sea. \
How a Iflan feels with liis J
Head off: \
Some of the most eminent physio)- f
igists of lhe present day have lately \
been argumenting the very curious <
question as to whether a man fuels <
;ifler rJis"hear! is off. And this inquiry ,
is considered by its conductors to be ,
of more than physiological interest,
because it involves a refined punci- (
pie of humanity with regard to the f
punishment of death by the guillotine- (
!t is considered on all sides that the
body docs not feel one instant after \
decapitation; for the brain being the |
seat of sensation to the whole frame, j
throitch tlifi medium of iho aniimt
-O " (
marrow, every part of the body be- *
noalli the joint at which the latter (
may be divided, must be deprived of ]
feeling. But it by no means follows j
that the head is deprived of sensation
immediately after decapitation, \
nor that it may not retain its r.onsci- j
onsness, and like the head of the Irish j
Knight who was killed by Saladin in |
ihe holy war. get tip and declare that \
it never was cut oF jy so sweet a .
scimo-ar before?nor like that of the |
assissin Legare, swear roundly at the l
executioner for not keep tig a keener i
axe; but it is quite possible that it
may be troubled with veiv serious
re fie tions upon the irrevocability of
ilsfa'o, and the awfulness of its de- t
privation. I
In support of this unpleasant theo- <
ry, many facts are adduced with i
grave vouchers for their authenticity.
Among others, is the unfortunate 1
Queen of Scotts, whoso lips oontin- i
und to move in prayer for at least a ,
_r I - C. _ . .1
i^uciitcrui tin nuur aner ino exccil-j <
tioner had performed his duties.? ,
Windt states that having put his |
month to the ear of a decapitated ,
criminal's head, and called him by
name, tho eyes turned to the side
from .whence the voice came/, ..nd I hi?
is attested by Foulenello, Mogore.
Guillotine, NaucHe, and A Mini.
On the word murder being called* in
the rase' of ft criminal execute 1 for
that crime a< Ooblentz, the halfclosed
eyes opened wide with an express
on of reproach on ihoitf who
stood around.
This is recorded in the Medical Gafor
April last; but Whether it
believed or n6t, we see nolh ng either
ill thenrv nr menrrle.:! f:i^1 f<i
I he physiological possibility of con- !
sciousne.-;s nfim* decapitation- In (lis- :
eases and dislocations of the sp nal j
marrow, the m'nd rem tins in full
possession of its faculties, although
the lower limbs are utterly devoid ol
feeling: and at what point of separation
are we justified in saying that the
mind must loose i's rational powers' |
If the brain retain thn im:ir?v>s .->1 v:>:- I
ion an I the forms of I mch, long aflcr
the objects which created thorn are
withdrawn why may we not suppose 1
that it retain; them afier a sudden
operation of (lie axe or guillotine ! '
Tjiko the? thigh of an ampulated leg,
which feels its toes for days, and even
weeks after the operation!, it may remain
in imaginary possession of ail I
its corporeal members, until the curtains
of oblivion are gathered around
its fading vision an I sinks to repose
in the chamber of death.
The Mummies.?There was a largo 1
assemblage of our citizens ahd their
families yesterday evening at the
Chinese Museum attracted by the an
noun cement that the d^covono- i
on unrolling the mummies last wefek
v*7/wi!/l lw? ^vnl'i:iin<l 111 n (r>r>l nro l\t;
Mr. (iiddoii. All the cifo.hes and
!*Hppi.i/cr had been removed? and dm <
mUmmy of the boy, apparently about )
11 years of age- was remarkably i
complete. On the third finger o!'th<ji I
left hand there was a ring, apparent- '
ly mruie of silver or platma?at any <
rate of white motal-^-with a green <
stone sot as a signet, and bearing the
devjoe of a scarabo&uss (beetle.) The
borlv nt'ihn fr>mnln vv;is ltrokr>.ti at i
lIre* twees, but oihorwi. a (he contour
was perfect. No jewe s wen? found
with this mummy.?Phil Inquirer,
Wk
..
Delaware.?'iiov. VV. H. Ross wa$
inaugurated at Dover on the gist inHtfiiu.
A l:ii Lr(> nort ion ot his iniiiifiriii fLl
addi'eas is (levoied to the supject ol
slavery ami the excitement thereon. (
He says that Delaware is with tint 1
South, ^hut has not the slighiest tendency
towards secession. He rocotnmends
the impositioun of n school tax i
sufficient to keep the school., open i
all the year. The h<>m<%sW!adexemn' I
tiori project u alao recomnrjende',t. t
Tiiv> Czur and the Spa.
It happened, about a hundred and
il'ty years nj^o, that the famous Peter, c
vjfio unitod the trade of a carpenter s
vith the profession of CzarofRus- i
;ia, felt himself unwell, while staying f
it i li/i i: il 1 n rm r\ f Q 'Vlin n f
11 HIT? Y lll(l^V? V/l J<\. .1 ||Vy UUlViV/IUV
c workman, with a happy anticipa- [
)f Priesnitz and Claridge, drank free- <
y of the water of a neighboring <
spring. Eight days alterwards he \
?ent for the burgomaster and the
nagistrates, and addressed them 1
icarlv in these words: 1
"Gentlemen?I was ill; but thanks <
o free libations of your sparkling f
ountain, 1 am now quite well. 1 c
)w<? you much.
Mere tlie Czar thrust his hand into (
he pocket of the coarse jerkin which 1
le wore; and the civil dignitaries, liav 1
ng externle^ iheir open palms?"I 1
nve you much,11 continued the Czar; {
'and 1 wish to present you with a 1
lurable tes imony of my gratitude. 1
[n frirlv-p.iffht hrsnrs vnn elm 11 I
... w.0... J
u
One may easily fancy what ens- 1
ties in the air were built by the expectant
functionaries At length
hey were told that the august conva- !
esrent had given orders to procure '
mdest stnne which the district would 1
\flord; and thf. following morning '
[bur strong Muscovites were seen 1
r>enrin<jf n siao, on wmcn was inscribed
these words:
"1 was ill: I drank: T was cured.
(S-frnotl) Peter, Czar of Russia. !
' Pla^e (his stone over your foun- 1
ain. or, if you prefer it, place vour *
fountain under Ihis stone," said the '
D-^ar kindly, "and hereafter you will 1
ill-.int.- r?,n (or it 11
Ere many years had elapsed, all '
Riir ipo knew the waters of Spa; and 1
fhe demand for it became so enormous.
that ihe worthy burgomaster
and his colleagues were forced to discover
five new springs in the neigh
borhood. The name of Spa was al
>o oxtrndcd to mineral springs over
the world.
Mr.P. R. James.
The appearance of this /^enllemar:
ns he looked when delivering a lecInre
recently nf the -American
ITartiord, is thus described byrnc
Hartford Times:?At a quarter tiefr\i?n
ni/vKf T\iT ? 1 r\
I'/IV, W l.iuimt ifll* .'ClIIHin lll?IU^
his appearance, and was introduced
(o the audience by the President of
lhe Arts-Union. He was greeled
with a good deal of applause. Mr.
T. is a well-built, ffoorl-looking man,
rather below the medium height, with
a fresh Knglish-looki.ig countenanee,
n well-shaped, sloping fore-head,
whirii appears to he (in phrenological
parlancel pretty evenly developed,
sealiered, greyish whiskers, and
n s'ight grimly moustache. His prevailing
temperament is what phisiologists
call 'sanguine,' and conveys
the impression of energy, decision
and force, combined with good nature
and a lov of good living?very
like tho idea obtained of Martin Farquhar
Tapper from his writings; and
one is about as much of a poet as the
other. Tlis appearance indicates
h>ni to l)o about forty years of age. (
Ho wore a dress coat, a very short,
square-cut white vest, and sported a
trlit lerinxr ring on a finger of each
hand. Ho made occasional use of
ttn enormous blue silk handkerchief
With n vnllmv linrninr. witn ivhirh.
now and (hen, he blew liis nosr with :
much emphasis. We are thus par- .
Iiculai* in describing his appearance, (
because 1 he greater portion of the
public, who feel any intc *est in him,
aro mainly desirous of knowing how
ihe man Joooks and acts, who has
dictated novels as fast as three arnannnncnc
r?r?iilr1 ftn-i lim
Mrp.Stephe.v GiHARD.--The Phil
r?cle'phin Ledger says that Stephen
(Jirard's w was made insane by his
jealousy and cruel trealment. The
books of the hospital show that Mary
fiirard was admitted an insane patient ,
in ihe 21st of A litres!, 1760 where she ,
iiwd on the 13th Septem' er, 1815. ,
Mrs. Girard'air aiden name was Lum. ]
Seven monti after her admission j
ntothe hospitai she'gave birth to a j
laughter, who was babteserl by tho |
mmcof Mary, tliis was the only child i
rfGirard, who ti-ed in itsirifancyr. It j
s certain that slander persued her to |
he grave, and 1 h?? slnnder was in- i
mriaMy traced to a jealous husband i
ivho had married one only too beau- j
iful.
A letter from Wnrzhurfr ?nnoun- (
^es tho death of Frati Caroline Junot,
,..l,!?L ?1 - . ,1. lfk.l. CI 1
kvjticn iook pmco on me tv(ii> ou?; j
A'fis a widow, and the eldest daughter j
ihe groat Schiller. If is as pleasing
\fi a to'cen of respert in which Germany
holds her noblest poe', to see
hat the death has created* no little [
iensation. 1
Slander.
Let it be engraven upon our mem>ry?
that the person who repeats a
ilander, even though he give the
T . t
mine ui ins Humor, is iiu ueiiur, nuu
ar more mischievous, than its origin
lator. He endorses the lie by his rejetition
of it, and as, without his enlorsement,
it could never have gainid
credit,, ho is responsible for the
nischief by the law oi God and man.
We would take a spurious note far
more readily from an honest man
han from a known rountorfflifer. and
jvery additional hand it passes thro*
idds to the deception. Besides,
slander is more accumulative than a
>novv-hall. It is like a salad, which
?very one will season to his own
liiste, or the taste of those to whom
le offers it; or like the kite of a child,
o which additional exafigerations
ire attached, each light in itself, but
ogether forming a counterbalancing
? ii..
ivei^ui, wiiiiuui vviiu;ij me mry info
would fall again to the earth*
when, with eager speed, he runs to
nake it soar uloft.
Beautiful Incident.?Fifteen
i'ears ago the noble structure then
cnown as the Methodist Book Es:ablishrnent
in New York, was destroyed
by fire. Among the burning
fragments of books and printed sheets
which were whirled aloft on the
wings of the flame, and borne onward
upon those of the wind was,
says the Boston Journal, a page of
ihe Bible, containing the sixty-fourth
chapter of Isaiah. It was picked up
3n the morning of the conflagration
[ibout 12 miles distant on Long Island,
and before the catastrophe was
known there. It was indeed a winged
messenger of truth, in a double
sense, for the fact is no less striking
than authentic, that every word of
the page was so marred as to be illegible
save the eleventh verse, which
read in the following words :
"Our holy and beautiful house,
where our fathers praised thee, is
burned up with fire; and all our pleasant
things are laid waste."
Horseback Riding in Madeira.
?The Hon. John A Dix, in his re- <
cent work, "A Winter in Madeira,**
gives an amusing account of horseback
riding at Funchal. For thirtycents
an hour a fine horse can hired
at any livery stable, frgother with a
man as attendant, who follows on
foot; and, when you desire to ride
fast he catches hold of your horse*?
tail and is drawn along. In this wav
he prevents you from running away
from him. Mr. Dix says that the
horses soon become accustomed to
these human appendages, and that
lhe fellows have a way of making
the horses go fast or slow, as they desire
in spite of the rider. Mr. Dix
says that for ladies this association of
horse and driver is a great convenience.
They need no other attendant.
Me is always ready to render any as
:r *i._ 1 i _i i _
Biaiuuce:; u uiu nurse lust's a snue, Iio
has a hammer and nails in his pocket
lo replace it. It is not easy to fancy
a more ludicrou spectacle than a lady
riding through the city at full gallop
with a man hanging to the tail of
her horse; but sucn scenes are of
hourly occurrence in Funchal, and
the soon become accustomed to them.
"Possibly our sage western judges
suffer unjust reproach at times,"
says one who knows, "itom theconrluct
ofsome among them; but, having
lived in their midst, 1 can bear witness
to the truth of the following circumstances:
A farmer, residing in this
region, had remarked during the Circuit
Court, a part of his cornfield to
be beaten down in a regular track of
ten or twelve pacesinlength as ifby
the ranging of some an??nai to and fro.
Anxious to detect the cause, he ensconced
himself one ckiy among the
thick leaves, and observed, about the
hour of adjournment,oneofthejudgc?
cautiously approaching the spot. Arrived
at the path, he commenced pacing
it gravely up and down, with
knit brow and air of cogitation, and
fit length, drawing a small chip from
his pocket, he s^at on one side of it,
balanced i^an instant on his finder,
(ipped it up in the air, and, watching
its descent intently' erclaimed, as it
fell: -Wet foi defendant?dry for plaini?Cthenstooping
down:'Plaintiffhast
t!' The farmer avoided all litigation
Tom that moment i" ,
Horn? Tooke being,aaked by a foriigner
how much treason in ?nffH?hnan
might venture to write, without.
>eing hafiged, replied, "He could n6t^
nfQrm him just y?jt,bnthe was trying*
Whcra true fortitude dw?iis jayaly,
friendship and ftrielUy
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